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The Volunteer Okey Cokey We wouldn't be here without you!

NCT Beckenham & Borders is run entirely by volunteers, mostly parents of young children. Our Branch Structure Diagram puts names to our volunteer roles, and an overview of what each involves can be seen on our website. A huge THANK YOU to all our volunteers.

Lindsey Buteux, Parent Support Coordinator and mum to Penelope (1)

the support of his dad to ensure there were plenty of bacon sarnies on the go at the November session. Looking forward to the December group when there might be a drop-in by a certain bearded jolly chap.... Wanda Allardice and Lindsey Buteux have joined the team - and there's always room for more!

* Special mention to Shenay Manzi who stepped back into the breach to make the November Nearly New Sale happen after a shortage of volunteers meant it was looking very shaky! Also thanks to Julie Cleary, Tracy Lee-Southon, Olga Kim, Catherine Foster, Rachael Farrimond, Chinoye Iroegulem, Ramona Marsh, Mel Skinner, Nicole Wright and Lindsey Buteux - plus all the supportive family and friends who made cakes, lent cars and helped on the day. If you would like to support the June Nearly New Sale in any capacity please give us a shout on [email protected]. A warm welcome to Sian McCaughan who will be taking on the NNS Coordinator role in the spring.

* Massive appreciation to Tracy Lee-Southon who will be stepping down as soon as replacements can be found to fill her roles as Membership Secretary and PSA Link (linking antenatal class attendees with branch services). Tracy has been a

* Thank you to Jo Tomlinson who temporarily took over the running of Bumps & Babies with little Bea in tow. As Jo is returning to work, this group WILL CEASE TO RUN AFTER CHRISTMAS unless volunteers can be found to take over from January. If you could help, please email [email protected].

* Thank you to Wanda Allardice who, without hesitation, volunteered to run every other week of Bumps, Babies & Beyond on a Friday, and who has ensured the smooth running of this group on her weeks in charge. Donna Eames continues to run the group on alternate weeks and did a fantastic job of getting us all into the Halloween spirit!

* Dads and Little Ones continues to run smoothly on the rota system set up by Steve. Trevor did a fab job with